Well,since I have not played baseball since HS, although I did go to Denver Bears games a lot..

Let me say that since a HR is the same value as a run driven in your analogy is weak at best.

Now if you could modify that to be ONLY runners driven in by a Home run, then I could buy into that.

JK.

Posted by Lonestar47 on 2013-12-29 15:36:56

Do you also think that baseball should eliminate all scoring except for home runs. They are the most exciting and "aggressive" way to score. The rest is for wimp, don't you think.

Posted by ivanthenotsobad on 2013-12-29 03:30:09

Yes makes me feel like the offense failed.

Wait, wait for it they did.

Posted by Lonestar47 on 2013-12-29 00:05:04

Actually, I believe a more accurate characterization is that Doug believes that punters and kickers are inconsistent from season to season and the difference between the best in the league and a guy off the street isn't big enough to justify the extra $2-3 million spent a year.

Here are Prater's FG% from year to year. Tell me he's wrong.73.5%85.7%88.9%76.0%81.3%95.8%

Prater's #1 in the NFL in accuracy this year. That's great. It's also just the second time he's ranked in the top 10 (the previous time being a 9th place finish in 2010). The guy in second place is Steve Hauschka, who played four games for Denver in 2010 when Prater was injured. Hauschka's been substantially more accurate than Prater since Denver cut him, and he could have been had for a fraction of the cost.

Spending big money at kicker is not an efficient use of resources, even on a guy like Justin Tucker, and Matt Prater is no Justin Tucker.

Posted by Kibbles on 2013-12-29 00:04:29

Myself I advocate trashing the kickers, and perhaps keeping punters for use on your own side of the field ony. If a team is on the other side of 50 maybe 40 they should HAVE TO GO FOR IT.

In this matter then for most teams, they will have room for at least 3 REAL players on the team. kicker, returner and maybe even a punter if the coach has any balls.

Teams would then have 4 downs to get the 10 yards. If a team sucks in the red zone that sucks for them.. They have no other option than to get better.

As for PAT either make a TD worth 7 or make them go for two.

Sorry but having an old coach that made Elam a perennial scoring leader because we could not get it up in the red zone, turned me off to relying on a European futbal player to keep his acorns out of the fire.

Let the futbal players stay on the boring futbal fields and let REAL MEN Play REAL FOOTBALL.

Posted by Lonestar47 on 2013-12-29 00:03:21

The feeling you get when Prater steps up, no matter what the distance: Priceless.

Posted by iamafreeman on 2013-12-28 21:21:07

No shit right!

Posted by akatom3565 on 2013-12-28 18:39:02

Prater is number one in kicking percentage and number two in total scoring this season.

Out of 95 field goals and extra points he has attempted this year, he has only missed one - a 50+ yard field goal. He currently holds the record for longest successful field goal ever.

His guaranteed money is a little over $1 million a year.

Posted by Irony_Tag on 2013-12-28 15:12:36

Prater would only be worth that of he was the most accurate kicker in the league this year or was setting records.

Oh wait...never mind.

Posted by Irony_Tag on 2013-12-28 14:48:23

You have to remember that Doug thinks punters and kickers (except for kick-offs which all should automatically be able to put through the end-zone) are pretty much useless, since you should always "go-for-it' on fourth down.Disagreement on this issue by head coaches, FOs, (or anybody else for that matter) is not allowed.